Alpha measures a manager's skill in adding value to a portfolio beyond market gains. Beta assesses how a stock or fund's volatility compares to the market average. High alpha and low beta indicate ...

hxyume / Getty Images A stock's beta indicates how volatile its price is compared to other stocks. And that is a clue to the degree of risk you're taking in buying that stock. In short ...

These instruments quantify the performance, response, and interaction of a Mutual Fund in the stock market. Alpha and Beta are crucial tools used to assess mutual fund performance in the stock market.

This article, though, focuses on a stock’s beta. Probably the best way to calculate beta is via a spreadsheet because of the vast amount of necessary data. Collecting historical price data for a ...